Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Our Mission to the PCC

Here is our mission blog for the Polynesian Cultural Center.  We served for two years and worked very hard in an office with BYU-H students.  We were on many committees representing different areas of the PCC.  We provided service to them to see how we, through research and data, could help with customer satisfaction and decision making.

We conducted many surveys, customer mapping, mystery shopping and luau comparative studies.  We also helped in the evenings with luau. We kept busy enough that we often forgot that we were even in Hawaii. Ha ha.

For about 6 months, while waiting for a new couple to arrive, we forfeited our Saturday P-day to serve with the Bakers at the Mission Settlement within the PCC.  Chris taught ukulele lessons with Bill and I helped in the shop with Jeanie.  We ran the cash register and sewed all kinds of things to sell at the shop.  We just loved this experience and love the Bakers.

Many of our blog posts are from pretty places we went on p-day or for mystery shopping or luau studies.  Even though our predecessors got reimbursed for travel and lunch etc,  we did everything on our own dime so as not to impact sacred funds and also because we thoroughly enjoyed the experiences and felt it was the right thing to do.

When we had our exit interview with President Grace, he told us to never stop saying Aloha. :) 

Aloha!!

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Aloha Oe dear Laie

Now is the hour when we must say goodbye.  Our car in on the ship sailing to Seattle.  Our goodbyes have been many and exhausting with emotion.  We have been laden with so many gifts and leis.  How we will miss this place and people.  We are excited to go home to our loved ones and the mainland once again but this will always hold a special place in our hearts and we will be back periodically to help in the office. :)

Here are a few more photos in parting.

 

Beautiful lagoon

Removing the imu pig for the luau




...one more wigglegram photo
   


Friday, May 24, 2019

Our last Mystery Shopping on the Island

We've supplied many mystery shopping reports to the PCC and this will be our last one.  We went to the Moana Surfrider.  Beautiful hotel...first one ever built on Oahu. They were favorable toward the PCC.


Great view from our balcony
 


Surfboard stowage 



Saturday, May 18, 2019

Natural Healing Retreat

Fourteen Footzoners met at our place today for a Natural Healing Retreat.  We learned about meditation, benefits of sound, chakras etc.  We had a great lunch and then we footzoned each other.



Sunday, April 28, 2019

Dinner with SDR students

We call ourselves, SDR the Genius Bar.  ha ha  (Strategic Development & Research)  Our students decided to host a cultural dinner for all of us at Dexter's apartment.  It was so much fun!  Dexter brought Korean, AJ brought Filipino, Linda brought Taiwanese, Helam brought Chinese & I brought Danish!  What a feast!





Saturday, April 27, 2019

Sea Life Park with Malatji's

Today we took Nature, Namzamo and Inathi on an outing to Honolulu and then we had lunch at Marukame Udon Noodle shop at Waikiki.